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A New Lawsuit Puts Fashion’s Corporate Diversity Efforts in the Crosshairs

The litigation, brought by the same conservative activist who led the successful campaign against affirmative action in college admissions, targets a Black-led VC fund that has invested in beauty brands Brown Girl Jane and Bread Beauty among others.
A new lawsuit puts fashion’s corporate diversity efforts in the crosshairs.
A new lawsuit puts fashion’s corporate diversity efforts in the crosshairs. (Getty Images)

Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that invests in women of colour, is the latest legal target of conservative activists who oppose race-based diversity programmes.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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